Evora S Sports Racer

[blueg33]

glasgow2 said:

blueg33 said:

IPS has some foibles, in sport mode down shifts can be very aggressive as if often drops two gears,

I actually love that. It makes the car feels really wild.

Agreed, but it grates against my in built mechanical sympathy.

[ParanoidAndroid]

blueg33 said:

Agreed, but it grates against my in built mechanical sympathy.

Do you drive it in auto much? My current CLS has paddles but dont think I've ever really used them. I'm hoping with the Evora I'm more inclined to use the paddles and sport mode.

If using the paddles does it stay manual until you switch back to drive or will it automatically drop back into automatic mode after a while?

[blueg33]

I use the paddles in sport mode only, but I use them most of the time unless I am on the motorway. On any back road paddles are my preference especially if pushing on. It’s easier to balance the car and you can be more subtle with the brakes. For me this means more momentum is preserved.

In sport mode it stays on manual until you switch it back either by pressing the d button or pulling and holding the up shift paddled for a second or so. Pull and hold both and you get neutral.

In normal mode after a couple of minutes not using the paddles it shifts back to auto.

In sport manual mode it will do the downshifts for you as you slow for a junction etc

Edited by blueg33 on Monday 29th October 19:39

[ParanoidAndroid]

blueg33 said:

I use the paddles in sport mode only, but I use them most of the time unless I am on the motorway. On any back road paddles are my preference especially if pushing on. It’s easier to balance the car and you can be more subtle with the brakes. For me this means more momentum is preserved.

In sport mode it stays on manual until you switch it back either by pressing the d button or pulling and holding the up shift paddled for a second or so. Pull and hold both and you get neutral.

In normal mode after a couple of minutes not using the paddles it shifts back to auto.

In sport manual mode it will do the downshifts for you as you slow for a junction etc

Edited by blueg33 on Monday 29th October 19:39

Thanks, that's interesting. Didn't realise in sport manual mode it would downshift for you.

[ParanoidAndroid]

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[giveitfish]

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[Thorburn]

ParanoidAndroid said:

Thanks, that's interesting. Didn't realise in sport manual mode it would downshift for you.

Any auto or semi-auto will normally - they don't want to let the engine stall.